Carving-fork



(No Model.)

J. D. PRARY.

Carving Fork. No. 228,884. Patented June 15,1880.

NPETERS. PUQTO-UYNOGRAPMER. WASHINGYON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES D. FRARY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

CARVlNG-FORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 228,884, dated June 15, 1880.

Application filed April 16, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES D. FRARY, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Carving-Forks; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-,

Figure 1, a sectional side view; Fig. 2, the guard detached; Fig. 3, an under-side view.

This invention relates to an improvementin the method of hinging the guard and rest to carving-forks; and it consists in the construction, as hereinafter described,and particularly recited in the claim.

A is the body of the fork. Through its center, in a plane at right angles to the plane of the prongs, is a mortise, 13. Through this mortise the piece which forms the guard C and rest D is placed, the said guard and rest extending from a hub, E, through which the pivot to extends. The rest is composed of two legs, extending to the right and left, as shown in Fig. 2.

()n the under side of the body of the fork and around the mortise a recess is cut, into which a piece, (1, is fitted, and through which the mortise extends. This piece d is recessed,

as seen in Fig. 1, to receive a flat spring, 0, which extends along oneor both sides of the (No model.)

hub. On the hub is a stud, f, vibrating concentrically to the pivot, and so as to bear upon the surface of the spring in rear of the pivot when the guard is down, or forward of the pivot when the guard is up, as seen in Fig. 1;

hence, after passing the central line, the spring acts upon the stud f to turn the guard or rest accordingly, as well as to hold it in either of the extreme positions, the spring yielding as the guard is turned, and reacting after the stud passes the center. The piece 01 may be secured to the body of the fork by screw or otherwise.

This arrangement completely incloses and protects the spring, and avoids turning the rest-legs from the guard above the fork, as in the usual construction.

I claim- In a carving-fork, the body A, constructed with a mortise through it at right angles to the plane of the prongs, the hub E, pivoted therein, with the guard C, extending from said hub on the back of the fork, and the rest D, extending from said hub below the fork, with a stud or bearing, f, on the side of said hub, 

